rhirschfeld, Author at Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/author/rhirschfeld/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:38:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png rhirschfeld, Author at Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/author/rhirschfeld/ 32 32 114651131 Meeting Spurs Dialogue on Increasing Community Benefits of Wind Energy in Central Illinois https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2023/09/meeting-spurs-dialogue-on-increasing-community-benefits-of-wind-energy-in-central-illinois/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:22:44 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=45081 September 1, 2023 | Press Release
Local organizations and the National Renewable Energy Lab hosted community members and leaders for a dialogue in McLean County on increasing the community benefits of wind energy development

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]]> 45081 Report: Dicamba Herbicide Harming More than Just Weeds https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2020/08/report-dicamba-herbicide-harming-more-than-just-weeds/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:05:43 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=34049 August 6, 2020 | Press Release
A report by the National Wildlife Federation, Prairie Rivers Network and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation reviews the state of the science on the potential far-reaching impacts of dicamba use.

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]]> 34049 More than 50,000 Acres of Wetlands Protected from Destructive Project https://prairierivers.org/articles/2017/01/50000-acres-wetlands-protected-destructive-project/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:12:25 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28205 Prairie Rivers Network and Partners Stop the New Madrid Levee By Kim Knowles Great news regarding the New Madrid levee project! In a valiant final act to protect both people and wildlife, the Obama Administration issued a decision making it nearly impossible for the Army Corps of Engineers to build the New Madrid Levee.  We’ve […]

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]]> 28205 Press Release: Un-Mucking Illinois’ Waterways: Court Settlement Should Reduce Algae Pollution in Rivers https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2017/01/press-release-un-mucking-illinois-waterways-court-settlement-reduce-algae-pollution-rivers/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:27:59 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Kim Knowles, Prairie Rivers Network, 217-344-2371 x209 Cindy Skrukrud, Illinois Sierra Club, 815-353-5123 Judith Nemes, ELPC, (312) 795-3706 Ivan Moreno, NRDC, 312-651-7909 Margaret Frisbie, Friends of the Chicago River, (773)316 6473 Un-Mucking Illinois’ Waterways: Court Settlement Should Reduce Algae Pollution in Rivers CHICAGO (January 19, 2017) – Environmental groups have settled long-running litigation against […]

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]]> 28190 Environmental Groups and MWRD Agree on Plan to Clean up Chicago Waterways https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2017/01/environmental-groups-mwrd-agree-plan-clean-chicago-waterways/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:27:55 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28187 Prairie Rivers Network and Partners Settle Lawsuits against Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago By Kim Knowles In a win for Chicago’s rivers, Prairie Rivers Network, Illinois Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council have reached an important settlement with MWRD in the federal lawsuit we brought against the District for violating its […]

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